Compared to war, all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God help me, I do love it so.
I always believe in being prepared, even when I'm dressed in white tie and tails.
If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead.
Coward: someone who in a bad situation thinks with his feet
If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.
In the space of two days I had evolved two plans, wholly distinct, both of which were equally feasible. The point I am trying to bring out is that one does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit those plans. One tries to make plans fit the circumstances.
Success is how you bounce on the bottom.
The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory.
When we land against the enemy, don't forget to hit him and hit him hard. When we meet the enemy we will kill him. We will show him no mercy.
No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
continue to advance until you run out of ammunition. Then, dig in.
Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts
Do as I have taught you, and you will stay alive.
It is rather interesting how you get used to death.
Sir, I am not a brave man...The truth is, I am an utter craven coward. I have never been within the sound of gunshot or in sight of battle in my whole life that I wasn't so scared that I had sweat in the palms of my hands.
The publicity I have been getting, a good deal of which is untrue, and the rest of it ill considered, has done me more harm than good.
All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.
...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.
War is a bloody, killing business. You've got to spill their blood, or they will spill yours. Rip them up the belly. Shoot them in the guts.
This is a hell of a way to die.
I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
It is the cold glitter of the attacker's eye not the point of the questing bayonet that breaks the line.
Many, who should know better, think that wars can be decided by soulless machines, rather than by the blood and anguish of brave men.
I wonder if I could have been here before as I drive up the Roman road the Theater seems familiar - perhaps I headed a legion up that same white road... I passed a chateau in ruins which I possibly helped escalade in the middle ages. There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, We are, and we will be.
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